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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1122 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



VERY HEAVY RAINS ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EARLIER IN THE 

EVENING CAUSED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF HARRISON COUNTY. A 

FEW ROADS WERE CLOSED EARLIER...AND SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS LIKELY 

OVERFLOWED THEIR BANKS.



THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED...ALTHOUGH ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER INCH OF 

RAIN POSSIBLE. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE BEING REOPENED AT 

THIS TIME...AND THAT SMALL STREAMS WERE BEGINNING TO FALL.  THUS... 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR 

HARRISON WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 130 AM EDT...TO ALLOW TIME FOR HIGH 

WATERS TO FULLY RECEDE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF 

HIGH WATER THREATENS YOUR AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



LAT...LON 3842 8450 3828 8436 3845 8413 3859 8428



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